How common is the surname Marlow?

13,205 people in the United States had the surname Marlow in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 23,381 Americans. It ranked 2,728th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Marlow?

Ellen Marlow, American actress, followed by Ric Marlow.

Where is the surname Marlow most common?

Wikidata records people named Marlow in the United States.

How do you pronounce Marlow?

Marlow is /ˈmɑɹloʊ/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Marlow getting more or less common?

More common. 13,185 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 13,205 in 2010, up 0.2%.

The surname Marlow

An English place surname, carried by 13,205 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈmɑɹloʊ/ 2 syllables Soundex M640

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Marlow is more common than 98.3% of them.

Origin

English origin

From Old English mere (“lake, pool”) + hlǣw (“mountain, hill”).

Marlow is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 13,205 people named Marlow in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 23,381 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 13,185.

#2,728

rank among US surnames

13,205

people in 2010

4.5

per 100,000 Americans

+0.2%

change since 2000 (was #2,511)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,719	Seaman	13,237	23,324
#2,720	Myrick	13,236	23,326
#2,721	Kwon	13,235	23,328
#2,722	Byler	13,230	23,337
#2,723	Herrmann	13,226	23,344
#2,724	Yoo	13,225	23,346
#2,725	Vitale	13,220	23,354

Who is named Marlow

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

87% of people named Marlow identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.1% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 87%
Black (not Hispanic) 7.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 2.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Marlows

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Ellen Marlow
American actress, born 1994
Ric Marlow
American songwriter and actor (1925-2017)

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Marlowe

Surnames that sound like Marlow

Marlow has the Soundex code M640, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M640.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Marlow come from?: From Old English mere (“lake, pool”) + hlǣw (“mountain, hill”).
How common is the surname Marlow?: 13,205 people in the United States had the surname Marlow in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 23,381 Americans. It ranked 2,728th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Marlow?: In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Marlow identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.1% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Marlow?: Ellen Marlow, American actress, followed by Ric Marlow.
Where is the surname Marlow most common?: Wikidata records people named Marlow in the United States.
How do you pronounce Marlow?: Marlow is /ˈmɑɹloʊ/, 2 syllables.
What type of surname is Marlow?: Marlow is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Marlow getting more or less common?: More common. 13,185 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 13,205 in 2010, up 0.2%.
What are other spellings of Marlow?: Marlowe.